Progress against the field
From Frankfurt 2025 to Karlsruhe 2026, Fritz Franke has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
Over the same races everyone got 3:14 quicker, so 3:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cologne 2026 → Karlsruhe 2026: 3:52 in 168 days.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 10 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:38 PB11/321Beat 97%
↑ 168 days after Cologne 2026 3:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 better than the field: 4:07 faster on the clock, against 0:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete4:07 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:01:5714/55Beat 75%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:54 PB54/816Beat 93%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:4577/924Beat 92%
↑ 125 days after Frankfurt 2025 3:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 behind the field: 0:39 slower on the clock, against 2:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete0:39 slower -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:3576/658Beat 88%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:06155/1883Beat 92%
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Verona5 Dec 2025Relay · Mixed1:11:0523/92Beat 75%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:4195/755Beat 87%
↑ 204 days after Cologne 2025, with Jan Erik Seelbach 0:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 better than the field: 1:43 faster on the clock, against 1:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 faster This pair1:43 faster -
New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:3947/302Beat 84%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:2437/149Beat 75%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:10:28211/700Beat 70%